Philip will deliver his fast-paced, often hilarious account of his extremely varied and exciting career in some of the world's most dangerous places. He is the author of the Jack Castle and Shackleton Blister series of adventure novels. Born in 1950, in Barrow-in- Furness, Philip’s working life began in the hotel business. His career developed in the oil industry and 30 years were spent in places such as the North Sea, Algeria, Nigeria, Kazakhstan and Russia. From 2003, he spent 7 years in post war Baghdad working with the American coalition and a further 3 years running oil services companies in Dubai.